Prison Power: How Prison Influenced the Movement for Black Liberation

by Lisa M. Corrigan

Book Overview

Winner of the 2017 Diamond Anniversary Book Award and the African American Communication and Culture Division's 2017 Outstanding Book Award, both from the National Communication Association

In the Black liberation movement, imprisonment emerged as a key rhetorical, theoretical, and media resource. Imprisoned activists developed tactics and ideology to counter white supremacy. Lisa M. Corrigan underscores how imprisonment--a site for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496814878
• ISBN13: 9781496814876
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"